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Show Sixty - One Seniors At High School Graduated "America and Our Spiritual Defense" was title of the vale- . dictory address given by Ethel Richards, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Pdul S. Richards, at the program pro-gram honoring the 1941 graduating graduat-ing class at the Bingham high school auditorium Wednesday , evening. "The need for a return to religion re-ligion is a very real one. Our : spiritual defense must play a vit-. al part in our national defense. It is defense we cannot buy. The ' defense that we ourselves must build from within. The defense that will construct morals that will be stronger than any bridges, courages that will be greater than any armies, wills that will be mightier than any individual or group of individuals". Miss Richards said in part. In conclusion, con-clusion, "To develop our spiritual de-. fense we must learn to live daily in the thought of God to have a Crofound confidence in God, to e in this world an agent and instrument of God. It is then possible pos-sible to take whatever life brings; the happiness, the sorrow, the disappointment, the love, the repeated re-peated ups and downs and to do so with a new strength and con- viction. We then cease being afraid of life. Religion thus becomes be-comes a splendid link between our personal life and our highest. . ideals. "We can bow our heads and pray, we can lift our minds and think, we can enlarge our hearts and love. We can use our hands, our feet, our heart, our mind and voice and endeavor to be in this day and generation the beacon ' of light in a world that has great need of God and what God stands for." Class President Lynn Henson acted as master of ceremonies. A march, "Officer of the Day", was played by the high school band. Frank Nelson-gave the invoca- ', tion. Kathleen Grabner of Lark piayea a piano solo, "Knapsody Mignanne", by Koelling. Honors of class salutatorian were divided between Florence Larsen and Patricia Shilling, both of Copperton. Miss Shilling spoke on "American Culture ana Defense"; In answering "What ' is Culture? How has it played an important part in the development develop-ment of civilization?" Miss Shill- ' ing said, "Culture is that which represents repre-sents the finer things in life such as music, art, literature and drama. It is man's outlet of expression. ex-pression. Into it he puts his -hopes, plans, dreams, success, disappointments and failures. Man without it is lost. Culture is a glorious inheritance of which we can never be too proud, for it expresses the deepest feelings of the human heart. History records re-cords the actions of man, but culture records his emotions and . sentiments. "Our American culture is free, vigorous and proud, as our people peo-ple are free, vigorous and proud. They fought for freedom; the vigor was their birthright; the pride came from the knowledge that by their own hands and those of their ancestors they have created from an untamed wilder- ness a nation second to none on this earth. We are now taking our place among the men of the world. .We are assuming responsibilities respon-sibilities that are new to us. The future of America, her power, her ideals and principles depend upon us; and for America we will not fail". "The importance of education to the nation was touched upon . by Miss Larsen, whose subject was "Education, the Way to Progress". Pro-gress". A portion of her speech characterized education as the . basic element in all lines of progress pro-gress industrial, social, economic econ-omic or cultural. "To meet the demands of a changing world, the educational program is seeking to adjust", she said. "No group of people , has felt the significance of these problems more keenly than have the teachers and administrators themselves. Readily have they aligned themselves to meet new needs and demands,- The school of today knows the necessity of a curriculum .which trains the individual for active participation participa-tion in the affairs of society. It has sought to supply training : which will enable men to earn a livelihood, to give men practical preparation. "Upon the schools rest the re- sponsibility of building a de- , mocracy, of building an all-time defense program that carries us beyond the petty animosities of war to everlasting peace." A' violin solo, "Because", by Guy d'Hardlot - was played by John Chipian. "Defense and Society's Role", was theme of the talk by Roy (Continued on page ten) Callas, , Dee Carpenter, Manda Chanak, John Chipian, Alberta Colyar, Elva Crump, John Curry, Donna Davies, Catherine Dimas, Glenn Draper, Marion Dunn, Jack Edwards, Neil Forsberg, Helen Georgelas, Kimball Golf, Kathleen Grabner, Russell Gust, Norma Hall, Lynn Henson, Joe lasella, Alice Ivie, Katherine Konomos, Mary Kosovich, Robert Krueger, Kathryn Kuhni, Florence Flor-ence Larsen; Stanley Long, Albino Lopez, Richard Lyon, Elizabeth Makris, Eugenia Massa, Harold Mattice, Yaeko . Mochizuki, Roy Mitchell, Frank Nelson, Jack Nelson, George Geo-rge Nichols, Paul Parissenti, Keith Park, Delana Pollock, Keith Poulsen, Elaine Rawlings, Phyllis Reed, Ethel Richards, Albert Rubalcava, Mike Rubich, Maxine Schick, Robert Steele, Patricia Shilling, Max Seal, Donna Don-na Sturgill, Lorraine Swain, Raf-faella Raf-faella Tibolla, Norma Watkins, Martha Watts, Emma Lou Webb. This type of defense we are building build-ing is not for tomorrow or for ten years from now, but for ages ahead of us. It must be a defense which will withstand strife, aggression ag-gression and propaganda. A defense de-fense which in the words of our forefathers of old will insure domestic do-mestic tranquility, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." Concluding the series of absorbing ab-sorbing talks on "American Defense" De-fense" was that of Harold Mattice, Mat-tice, student body president, whose topic was "Democracy, Our Best Defense". After describing descri-bing life under the fascist, nazi and communistic plans and comparing com-paring them to principles followed follow-ed in goverment under democracy, democ-racy, Mr. Mattice said: "The doctors' prescriptions vary, but the medicine is the same. Americans would say, 'Thanks, but I don't think we're that sick. The cure is worse than the diseases' ' Russell Gust played a cornet solo, "Forgotten", by Eugene Coweles. The class was then presented to the board of education by Principal T. H. McMullin. The diplomas were given by Dr. Paul S. Richards, president of the Jordan school district board of education. Robert Krueger, Paul Parissenti Paris-senti and Glenn Draper gave a trumpet trio, "Three Kings", by W. M. Smith. The benediction, "A Prayer", by J. D. Nedley, was given by Donna Davies. The stage was decorated with large bowls of snowballs and peonies. pe-onies. A vase of rosebuds centered center-ed the small table on which the diplomas were placed until given giv-en out. Complete list of graduates includes: in-cludes: Sergio Alvarez, Beatrice An-dreason, An-dreason, Dan Borich, Jeanne Brynolf, Kenneth Bunyea, Marie 61 SENIORS AT B.H.S. GRADUATED (Continued from page one) Mitchell, who developed the idea that democracy .depends on the process of voluntary thinking, acting and feeling, individually and collectively for the good of the community, state and nation. He said, "The young citizens in a democracy de-mocracy are not influenced by law, a governing body, or a dominating dom-inating individual, they are taught in the home, by the family fami-ly to be honest, to possess self restraint, to be clean in body and mind, to be proud, reverent, respectable, re-spectable, and of service to the community, They cannot better themselves without bettering the community, state and nation as a whole. "Dictators have found the physical phys-ical power in the masses of people. peo-ple. Democracies must discover the intellectual- and moral force that resides - within the people. Release the power that is in a great people and from such a people will come an abundance of great and inspired leaders." "Industry and the Future Outlook" Out-look" were discussed by Catherine Cather-ine Dimas.- "Without economic security we have little guarantee of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. "As future builders or national defense our aims must be economy, econ-omy, advancement, efficiency and ultimately security. Without it what have we? We are lost. |